Recorded 1891–2025 · United States
Stephanie was most popular in 1990, when 24,966 American babies were given the name — ranking #23 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,108, with 543 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 747,786 people named Stephanie.
Stephanie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1891, which makes it about 134 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 135 of the 135 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 747,786 American births named Stephanie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 703,460 are estimated to be alive today.
543 American babies were named Stephanie in 2025, ranking #1,108 that year.
Stephanie is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 625 births a year, against 1,785 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -65% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Stephanie is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 747,786 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 703,460 Americans named Stephanie are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 43 years old, and half are between 35 and 53.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Greek · feminine of Stephen, "crown"
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org